SciFi Art Now is a book collecting some of the best in contemporary science fiction art by a wide range of creators. The book, edited by John Freeman, includes an introduction by the legendary Chris Foss and is on sale now in all good bookshops.

Monday, 20 September 2010

The format of SciFi Art Now - out this October - is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there's not much room to tell you more about them and their work. We're publishing interviews with creators here to redress the balance.

Artist, poet and writer Mo Ali lives in the south-east of England, which really doesn't help. His recent work has included pin-up art for the graphic novel Wolfmen 2: Fall of the Wolfmen by Dave West and Andy Bloor, artwork for the BBC News website and cover work for the novel Crown Wearer written by William Couper...

SciFi Art Now: What tools do you mainly use to create your art?

Mo Ali: It depends on the specifics of a project or piece, but good old pencil and paper usually, followed with digital tools like Photoshop. But I try not to limit myself to any one tool.

SciFi Art Now: Why?

Mo: It's just the way that works for me and, in terms of not limiting the tools you use, it keeps you flexible and adaptable, and can result in something different and unique every time.

Mo: Honestly, I'm not sure. It could have been from watching cartoons and art shows as a kid, reading comics and books and admiring the covers and artwork inside, and wanting to be able to create stuff like that. There wasn't a lightbulb moment of revelation though.

SciFi Art Now: What was the most useful piece of advice you were given when you began learning your craft?

Mo: That there is no 'right way' or style when it comes to creating art...and also to practice, practice, practice.

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About Sci-Fi Art Now

Sci-Fi Art Now is a book collecting some of the best in contemporary science fiction art by a wide range of creators. The book, edited by John Freeman, includes an introduction by the legendary Chris Foss, published in the UK by ILEX and in the US by Harper Collins.

A full list of artists featured, together with links to their web sites, appears below.

Chris Foss

Chris Foss provides the introduction for Sci-Fi Art Now, an artist who has had an immense impact on our collective vision of the future down the years, as cover artist for many SF books written by authors such as Harry Harrison, Philip K Dick, Isaac Asimov and E.E. 'Doc' Smith'; and his design work for films such as Alien and Superman.